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Metcard

Equipment and infrastructure for the Metcard automated ticketing system used throughout Melbourne until December 2012.

Selection of defunct ticket options a railway station MVM2 machine

'Rail+2', 'Off peak saver', Zone 3, Zone 2+3 and Zone 1+2+3 were all killed off at various times in the past

Saturday 31 March 2012 11:02 AM
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Another soon to be removed Metcard machine

This one has all of the buttons for obsolete zones and ticket type uncovered.

Saturday 31 March 2012 11:02 AM
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Armaguard crew roll coin vaults across the concourse at Southern Cross

Wednesday 28 March 2012 9:01 AM
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Tram Drivers Key Pad (TDKP) onboard a tram

Used to open/close the Metcard ticketing system, or to switch off individual validators or the TVM as required

Saturday 24 March 2012 4:16 PM
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'Accepts all $5 $10 $20 plastic notes' message on a MVM2 machine

Do you remember paper banknotes?

Wednesday 7 March 2012 8:56 PM
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'PTC staff have no access to the machine' message on a MVM2 machine

The PTC not having existed for a decade doesn't help matters on this front!

Wednesday 7 March 2012 8:55 PM
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Sticker advising of the upcoming removal of this Metcard machine

Wednesday 7 March 2012 8:50 PM
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Metcard 'Coin only onboard this tram' on the dashboard of Z3.144

Wednesday 22 February 2012 5:39 PM
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Metcard barrier with one half of the paddle stuck open

Friday 17 February 2012 9:53 PM
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Metcard barriers at Footscray, having never received the Myki 'frankenbarrier' conversion kits

Wednesday 15 February 2012 7:00 PM
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Serial numbers on a Metcard ticket barrier

Wednesday 15 February 2012 7:00 PM
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Serial number plate on the bottom of a Metcard MVM2 machine

It says 'Property of AFC Equipment Co Pty Ltd' / 'Subject to charge in favour of National Australia Bank Ltd'

Wednesday 15 February 2012 6:50 PM
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Metcard validator base in a green liveried W class tram

The validator itself was relocated to the C2 class trams?

Wednesday 16 November 2011 12:44 PM
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ERG technician working on a Metcard vending machine

Friday 11 November 2011 6:59 PM
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EFTPOS receipt from a Metcard BOM (Booking Office Machine)

Any purchase at a suburban railway station gets put through the Metcard BOM for accounting purposes - this $61 'miscellaneous' purchase was for a Flemington Racecourse entry ticket

Monday 31 October 2011 12:00 AM
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Servicing the second ticket machine, swapping over the note and coin vaults with empty ones

Wednesday 3 November 2010 12:16 PM
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Armaguard staff swapping over the cash vaults from the Metcard machines at Flinders Street Station

Wednesday 3 November 2010 12:13 PM
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ERG technician cleaning the Metcard slot of a ticket barrier

The Metcard slot needs regular cleaning to get all of the magstripe gunk out of the mechanism in order to prevent tickets getting jammed - the tech pulls a long piece of felt covered with cleaning chemicals through it a number of times

Friday 10 September 2010 10:12 AM
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Metcard barrier opened up for servicing

The Metcard slot needs regular cleaning to get all of the magstripe gunk out of the mechanism in order to prevent tickets getting jammed - the tech pulls a long piece of felt covered with cleaning chemicals through it a number of times

Friday 10 September 2010 10:12 AM
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Serial number plate on the rear of a Metcard validator

It says 'Property of AFC Equipment Co Pty Ltd' / 'Subject to charge in favour of National Australia Bank Ltd'

Wednesday 8 September 2010 7:50 PM
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Metcard barriers at the end of Glenferrie platform 1/2 - now kept closed at all times

Friday 13 August 2010 3:45 PM
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